Wire-splicing tool.



PATE'NTED JULY 31, 1906.

W. H. MOGLOUD.

WIRE SPLIGING TOOL. APPLICATION rum) 0012,1905

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Sawnfaz Wihmooea A j (f? 484mm PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

w. H. MoOLOUD.

WIRE SPLIGING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.2.1905.

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o Specification ers Enter-rt. Fate-rated July 31, 896.

Application fled Got-ohm" 2, 18305. flerlul lln. 5130.963

l :mtnwey portion 5%, forming an overhanging es 1 MoCroUn, l elrntment 9 and en opening 10. he opp oslte 'Ze'n. ol' the Lin ed mt at l end of the flange 6 is also out ewsy, forming Junkirlt, is the eourit'v of *in and St 1 an opening 17. "i he plunger 11 provided. 6:: )hio, he m l i with a. longitudinal slot 12, a fistte ed heed portion 13, end rounded lower end 14 and l sdep dto slide in recess 4. The lever or To (ti/Z is pivoted at 16 to pro ection termed at opening 17 of part The substsntie-lly triongnlstr-shsped head 18 of said handle s adapted bear upon the rounded sglio lower end 14 of the plunger 11. The said core the s" h dle 151s eonneoti With the plunger 11 by twist the en wire neon nu .s of soirsl s )rin 19 which normall "o 1 i V o z I HS tnroiwh e keeps the handle 15 n1 a. raised osition and e I n .2

1 l I l l l l 1 I Wide d the ssld. plunger retracted Within the recess 4. i l The p 't 2- is provided With a cover or plate l 26, severing recess 4, which has a cut-away l portron 21 end 1 .ld 1n plsee by means of a screw 22 passing into the screw-threaded opening in 11g 5. The screw-tlneavded end of the (3"Tl11d1lCfll shaft or rod28, which is provideo with an integral nut 24%, is removeoly secured in. a screw threeded opening 23 in part 2 of the gripping device. The function sists in the novel construction. and rzuweo'l gripping device and rod will he herein ment of parts, which Wih hereinafter tony sit-er described. desc ibed and claimed. The resin frame or standard 25 of my WiIB- m my invention ma he seen and fully splieer has an elongated open slot 26 for enee will had nearly its entire length and is provided with l oli'set handle 2?. Near the upper end of nylng drawings, in whiehl said slot, and in eut-aws'yportion of the said Figure l. is a perspective 'a iew of my device l stand 21rd, bearings 28 are formed, which coino' erntive positi howl two W11 psreide with bearings 29 on the kee er 30. The 35 tiel y spliced. Fig. 2 is e elevation of said keeper is bifurcated half its ength and is my splicing-tool,portlybroken to show secured in the heforemientioned cut-sway 'el seetiion. Fig. 3 is e longitidinel secportion of the standard by means of bolts 31, ill wdew on the plan indicated by line 3 3 being held against lateral movement by Fig. 4 represents 2? perspective domeans 2s groove 33,1ormed in its inner face, 5

into which fits a tongue 32, formed on the tail shows/inc" frame of 'ool with parts rel .p 1

moved. hig. 5 is Cretan View snowin one corresponding race of the standard. An

. i h will permit of the Wis ting or splicing o tile strsndwires of that are an ed ery close together.

it these ends in View the invention eon to the following speomeetion and socoinpw end of the w retwisting device. snows opening 35, r 1g. 4;, 1s formed-between the a. side elevation of th amine-gripping device lower end of said keeper and the standard,

with plate removed. for a purpose hereinafter described. 4.5 Like numerals of reference sed toin- The wire-twister 34 consists of 5L central dieste like and corresponding parts in eeeh of toothed wheel. 36, e ratohet-wheel'37, Which the several "figures of the drawings. has eosineoted with it s. spring pewl 38, pivtothe drawings, the nnmersl l oted to the standard 25, and designed to represents my improved Wl1-Ul&1Xlp, the overcome the backward spring of the Wire I05 50 main portion or 2 of which is provided l being twisted, end a Wire-twisting Wheel 89,

at its lower extremity and at a right angle which has secured to its outer face it projeet tion or stud 40, provided. with e flange 41 thereto with handle 3 and has formed in side a. recess 4., hsvmg therein a lug or raised I for holdrng the end of the Wire being twisted.

portion 5, provided with a, screw-threaded A similar stud 42 to that just described is no opening. lilenges 5 and 7, forming solid reelse secured to the rat-ehetwheel 37. The eess, have iJlLGil upper ends terminsttlng 111 wheels of the said wire t'wisting device are Q53 me.

; formed integral with or mounted on an 'mit the eentrelwheel 36 t groove 44 forthereeeption of the'strandwire or Wire around which another more is to be twisted, aslhereinafter described. a

The operatinghandle e5 is'pivotally seoured to the outside of the standard. by means of a flanged tubularbolt 46, which passes through an opening formed in the end of said handle and through the standero and is seeured on the opposite side of said standard by means of nut 47 I The toothed main driving-Wheel 48 is pivotally secured in the slotte nortion 28 of the standard 25 by means of the bular bolt 46, on which it is jourinaled, and the toothed Wheel 36 or the Wire-twister. A series of apertures 49 are formed near the periphery of said Wheel 48, and a spring-- pressed pawl 50 is pivoted to the handle 45, which by engaging said apertures when the operatin'ghandle 45 is depressed. rotates the Wheel 48. A coiled spring 51 is secured to said handle and standard, which serves to keep the handle normally raised and ready "for engagement With the next aperture 49 in said Wheel 48. A. partial flange 52 is formed in the inner periphery of the o. ening in the pivoted end of the operatingentile 4-5 for the purpose of securing said handle to the standard by means of the tubular bolt 46, While the broken-away end 53 of said flange abuts against a stop 54, formed on the tr bular bolt 46, and revents said handle from being carried too far, by the aotion off-spring 51, from the handle 27 3.01 easy manipulation by the thumb of the operator:

An pilset guide-flange or guard 55, Fig. l, is formed on the operating-handle es, in- Whieh the edge of the Wheel 48 moves and which serves to hold said handle against lateral mover'nent. 1

' In operation the grlppingetool is held in the left hand of the operat :9 and the Wire or Wires to be twistedgorlsialreed are firmly se cured in the openingtflfomned under the over hanging abutment 9h}; depressing the hend'le .15. The free end of the wire to be tWist- I ed is then raised at aright w re to the strand- Wire.

The splicing-tool. is t on taken in the right hand, and by depressing the handle 45 the. pawlSO comes into engagement with one .ol' the a ertures 4% 111 the Wheel es, rotating said w eel, which "in n resolves the toothed contestrvheel 86 of thewlretwister and brings the elongated slot 44 no line with I or spitting the Wires, the handle only led with a machine in which the (levies is,

here, one of s eretingdever therefor and a COllQtlv-Qllklg'ifi projeeting with the se,

the opening 35 in the standard. The eplieer is next brought in. connection with the grip-'- or clamping tool by passing the opening in the tubular bolt 46 over the shaft 23, so. cured. to the said olamping-tool, which con: neetion serves to hold the splieing-tool in 7o. fixed position with relation to the-wire beinv twisted Theslot in the wire-twister wil then be in alinement the strandM'ire, over which it is assed, and by sliding the splicing-tool elong the shaft until-it is close to the gripper and reciprocating the handle of the eplieer the Wireiseaughtin the flange 41 of the wire-twisting Wheel, by continued reciprocation of the handle 4-5 the said Wire is twisted. around the strand- Wire until the end is reached, thesplieer slide ing automatically elong the rod- 23 as the wire is twisted. The slot in the wire? twister is then again brought into alinelnent ith. the opening in the standard and the splieer released from the s rand-Wire. The clamping device is also released from the Wires, and the end of the uirspliced Wire turned at a right angle, and the same operation is gone through as previously described. It willv be noted that the machine is kept stationery during the operation of twisting v being operated. This feature is a decided advantage in fence-building, as it is desired in many styles of olose-wove11 fences to secure strand and stay Wires and also strand-Wires to posts where] the said wires are only an inch are) sw rl which operation'eould not he eecom--.

operated es en entirety. By means of) the 1 large toothed wheel 48 the operetioe 'ei twisting is rapidly accomplished Without: the 4 expenditure of much physicalforee. I 1 Changes in the form, proportion, sizejafnjd minor details of eonstruetioh within the.

scope of the appended claims-may be 'esor ed to without departin -froro-thespi sacrificing any of the a i vention. I

v H ilaving'thus described rnyinventio 1 claim, end desire toseeure by Latte 621t,lls-- 1 f 1. A vlqlres iilioing toolhavieg, We mem -f aidmemhers being ad gained to securely grasp the Wires to be-splioed While: the other men-their is operated to splieeisaid Wires, and'a connection betweenssie IGlH -a hers whereby the latter is in e fllflvitblli position With-relation to the'rorrner sa d the Wires being spliced, substantially as de scribed. 2, wheeplieing tool end. clamp-for same, the'ssid elainp having a pl uiger and'an ope [25 connection therebetween, end a. shaft or fife from said clamp for eoneeetrors wrngtool substentielly as do I 'ls scribed"; v

3. In eereh'matio With e wire ephetng 1 ed in said ing-handle for said large too aid, and mounted with said dri of said stan wheels and axle having 2% longitudinal groove or slot adapt-ed to register tool, a wire-clamping jecting connection-rod to the said splicer consisting ard provided with mounted adapted to engage and stantially as described.

4. In a wire-splicing tool,

with a standard having a ted portion, of a mounteddn said slotted portion, a wire- 1 toothed pinion, -twisting wheel, al With an axle twister consisting of a centra a ratchet-wheel and a wire ntegr formed in s the central ve-wheel and the dard, said mounted on or formed which Works in bearings said slot to engage end wheels outside formed in said standard,

handle for said drive-whee set forth,

5. Ina wire-splicing too with a standard having a handle and portion, a wire-twister mount formed in said standard, the sai ing a central toothed wheel, a r

and a wire-twisting wheel projection secured thereto,

toothed drive-wheel moun a handle,

the cor handle and a slotpivoted toothed drive-Wheel senses device having a prothe wire-splicer, of a slotted standand having therein a large toothed wheel revolve a pinion-bearaXially-slotted wire-twister also mountslotted standard, and an operatthed wheel, subnbination aid. stand-- wheel in with an opening;

1, the co havlng ted in sai l, substantially as mbination slotted ll ed iii-bearings d twister havatchet-wheel,

a flanged of a pivoted.

d slot and 1 said wire-twister,

revolve said wheel, substantially as set forth; 0' 6. In a wire-splicer consisting of .two'1nem f.

bers, a wire-clamping device having a sidewise-projecting rod, and a Wire-splicing tool adapted to be connected with said rod, and consisting of a slotted standard provided with a handle, a wire-twisting device working in bearings formed in said standard and consisting of a central wheel and a wheel on each side of and connected to said central Wheel,flangedwire-l1olders secured to said side Wheels, a toothed drive-wheel pivoted in said slotted standard and in'engagement with an'operating-handle for said drive-wheel centrally pivoted with relation thereto by means of a fiang'ed tubular belt, a partial flange on the inner periphery of the opening in the, headset said operatinghandle, a stop on said tubular bolt 'lor limiting the upward movement of said handle, and aspringconnection between the handle and the standard. p In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses Jnssn J. Wrroox, WILL Itorr. 

